Research Guides: Stress Less Spring 2021: SCW Library Is Here For You.

You're doing great!

The librarians miss seeing you at the Library with our finals activities, but we hope this guide provides some means to take a break and Stress Less, at least a little bit.

Congratulations, Graduates!

The staff of the Samuel C. Williams Library and their pets congratulate all the new grads.

Ask Us In the Summertime!

Our extended chat hours for finals are over but librarians are always available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm ET for summer research help.

Chat with your librarians either on the Library Homepage or with the button below:

Take a break with the distractions provided here:

Jigsaw puzzles
Word games
Sudoku
Coloring
Digital escape rooms
White noise apps
Remote games to play with your friends
And more!

Many thanks to the Stevens Archives & Special Collections for providing the coloring sheets and archival jigsaw puzzles included here.

The Library wishes you a great summer.

Fun things for a quick mental break.

Look

There are all sorts of beautiful image collections online, of flowers and space and objects and the planet; here's a random assortment and where to find them on Instagram.

WindowSwap
Open a new window somewhere in the world!

Earth: An Animated Map of Global Wind and Weather
Earth.nullschool.net, created by Cameron Beccario, is a beautiful and everchanging visualization of global weather conditions, ocean surface current estimates, ocean waves and surface temperatures, and aurora, forecast by NOAA supercomputers and updated regularly.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory Photojournal (NASA)
Images and animations captured by space exploration programs and released by the Jet Propulsion Library (at the California Institute of Technology).

Things Organized Neatly
This blog is a soothing balm for the stressed mind.

Listen

Localingual
Languages and dialects from around the world, pronounced by the people who live there. Listen to the speakers of the regions, or contribute your own!

Miscellany

The Pattern Library
Patterns! Pick one to use on your computer or just explore the endless collection.
High-Performance Particles
What do 100,000 interacting particles look like? This.
The Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words
The elements plus what they do and where they're used.
Essay Typer
Will write an essay on any topic! Try to trick it!
NOTE: NOT TO BE USED FOR AN ACTUAL ASSIGNMENT. This is a toy, not a means to cheat.
Barry Martin's Hopalong Orbits Visualizer
Explore the designs and patterns as you orbit the environment.
CAUTION: visualizer moves quickly and in circles, avoid if that kind of thing messes with you.